Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, our country’s economy has not been sustained in terms of our foreign reserves and six months import cover because of the remittances. When we have fluctuations against the dollar, a lot of--- (technical hitch) we have had as a country and our ability to keep the shilling a bit steady--- view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: I am sorry, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thought that the Temporary Speaker, Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe, was still on the Chair. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to congratulate you because this is the first time I am seeing you on the Chair. I was on the Floor the first time the Senator for Laikipia was on the Chair. I was also on the Floor the first time Sen. Mwaura was on the Chair. So, there seems to be some luck, or “kismat” as we call it in Nairobi when I am on the Floor. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I said, the remittances are like two sides of a coin. There is the good and the bad but we must applaud those Kenyans. We must recognise and treat them with the honour and the respect they deserve by bringing services closer to them. This Bill is amazing. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: I have gone around the world. During our last visit especially to the Middle East, I realised that as a country, our greatest asset is our people. Kenya does not have oil. We tried it in Turkana but the prices went up. People were saying in Kiswahili that mafuta ya Turkana ni ya kujipaka sio ya kuweka kwa gari. We do not have a lot of resources under the ground. Our biggest resource is our people. Our biggest resource is above the ground. We have realised that indeed we must leverage on the human resource. All over the world, Kenyans ... view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: We must see export of labour as an economic frontier that must be harnessed to the greatest level. That is why if you remember, in the previous Parliament, I sponsored a Bill, which is now an Act, that created the National Employment Authority (NEA). In the board of the NEA, I made sure that we have representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the Ministry of Finance and National Treasury to ensure we scoop the opportunities because unemployment is a problem in our country. Many of the opportunities for ... view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: This discussion is coming at a time when we are also discussing the labour migration policy. As I speak, our country does not have labour migration laws. That is why we have Kenyans undergoing a lot of troubles and experiencing hard times especially in the Middle East. We did a tour. The Committee on Labour and Social Welfare will bring a report to the Senate on our inquiry in the next few days. In our inquiry, we realised that, for instance, in Saudi Arabia, there are more than 88,700 Kenyans working there. That is a major importer of labour. There ... view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view